The latest campaign disclosure statements for the Eureka City Council race show incumbent Linda Atkins' campaign chest trailing challenger Joe Bonino's funds by more than $10,000, despite receiving more campaign contributions this period.

Over in Fortuna, it appears that only challenger Tami Gillam-Trent has raised more than $1,000.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission requires candidates who expect to raise or spend $1,000 or more in a calendar year to file a Form 460 with their local election office. The forms detail how much they've raised from whom, what non-monetary donations they've received, and where they've spent their campaign money. The forms are public and can be requested at city hall.

Candidates in the Eureka and Fortuna council races were required to report contributions received between Oct. 1 and Oct. 20 by Thursday.

Atkins reported raising slightly more in contributions than Bonino during the most recent filing period -- about $8,600 to his $8,000 -- but Bonino is still ahead in overall contributions. The latest numbers show Bonino has raised about $31,155 since Aug. 1 to the $19,502 Atkins raised since July 1 for the Ward 2 seat.

Aside from $250 raised in non-monetary contributions, all of Bonino's contributions this period were cash. A total of $4,600 were from contributions of less than $100. Bonino has spent about $10,560 this period, leaving an ending cash balance of about $9,000.

According to Atkins' disclosure statement, about $3,600 of her contributions were loans and about $5,000 were cash contributions. Of the cash contributions, about $3,200 were contributions of less than $100. She has spent about $4,650, leaving a cash balance of about $3,600.

Of the 17 listed contributors, five contributed over $500, including the California United Homecare Workers Union, Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro, and Sedgefield Properties.

Eureka write-in candidate Charlie Bean did not file a financial disclosure statement. Eureka City Clerk Pam Powell said the likely reason being that he did not raise or spend $1,000.

In Fortuna, only Gillam-Trent filed a Form 460 for the Oct. 1 to Oct. 20 period. According to Gillam-Trent's statement, she raised just under $3,500 this period, bringing her total contributions received since July 21 to $4,195. Her cash contributions totaled $1,200 this period while the remaining $2,200 were nonmonetary contributions.

Fortuna residents Debi August and Paul August were Gillam-Trent's highest contributors at $225. So far, Gillam-Trent's campaign has spent about $2,600.

Candidate Josh Brown filed a Form 470, which states that he does not anticipate raising or spending more than $1,000 this calendar year. According to Fortuna city officials, incumbent Mayor Douglas Strehl, who filed a Form 460 for the last disclosure period stating that he had loaned himself $400, had not filed a campaign disclosure statement for this period as of Friday afternoon.

Strehl could not be reached for comment by the Times-Standard deadline.